Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-20
YES, HE DID.

built, intellect nal hooking man d 10 He
| WAS head salesman in a large broadway
publishing h,tIse. As he stood in the
store one MOI aing leaning against an oc-
tsvo wonder fully cheap for this greatest
! of-novelists madame edition of Dickens
he held in his hand the following note,
! and wore ON his face "A look of the deepest
perpleNiIy:
I WHES's WIN. May 10. 1851
DEAR Mr. NEILrN. Papa has at last consented
! 10 Your calling. He is very eccentric. however,
and insists that when ynI do cali all vuur cloth
inS shall b. entir'ly Of silk fabrics | hope you
| understand In fact, he viii not rNcriy- you il
! You 10 no; comply think YOU had better come
! up on SATURDAY. afternoon and call in the even
ing, a. perhaps We can spend Sunday together
| Sincerely yours SYMMETRY WHEN
| OF silk fabrics, What in the name Of
nunscuse had silk fabrics to do with the
girl he loved For he loved Symmetry
When. did Mr.. Ncllum He had loved
her from the time he first met her that
! winter Al "A Hat literary reception. This
means either a literary reception in a fat
or something else. as the taste Of the Wis
| itorS may prefer
Mr. Nellum had for several Years been
ready and willing to commit matrimony.
lie had saved and inherited a comfortable
| men, resting quiescent in the hands of
fate. Fate had been somewhat dilatorN
but when she nudged Mr. Nellum's upper
Vest pocket with one hand and pointed the
index finger of the other hand al Symme-
try When, Mr.. NeIlum knew instantly
that the waited for Vi>itant had come al
Last Miss When was a lar,se round.
I blue eyed. merry muuthed and tender
hearted girl uf l.? with those dreams I'M
dreamed in her look and in her sympathy
that are so beautiful in themselves and ~
enslaving 10 the manly heart She lived
in some small spot on the map of Con
necticut, and had a queer Old father, Vel
lum heard, but for these he cared little
He was devoted To her and as constantly
with her Hs circumstances permitted dur
ing the whole of her visit He would
have proposed Ia her outright but for the
fact that he never had met her father.
that-to him-very important obstacle,
Mr.. Unity When.
Unity When WAS character. His house
WAS richly furnished but quaint and
rambling one story building. which had
been nicknamed Whpn's Whim by the
country side, a maine whose eternal fitness
made it stick and stay. He WIS a wild
over Of as many wears Loneliness as sym
metry's age He had two absorbing pas
sions. One was Symmetry and the other
was electricity, but which stood first in
his affection nobody could tell II SYM
metry was his daughter. electricity was
his hobby. II the former was an adora-
tion. tie latter was a mania Symmetry
herself cocld not have told which interest
WAS paramount, and il it WAS beyond her
ability ii was beyond that of anybody, for
outside of her he rarely spoke to a soul
He was little. thin old man. with long
white hair and eyes as sharp as a rats.
He looked like Sindbad's friend He was
rich, deeply Versed in his fayorite study.
and suspicious OF everything else under
the sun except his daughter.
When she came home from New York
and timidly limited that there was another
man in the world besides her father, he
repressed his natural indignation like a
self restraining Vesuvius, or rather .Ftna
When she dared suggest, however that
that other man might call at the house
.Erna erupted with roar and Symmetry
was buried in the ashes Of paternal indig
ton. She dug herself out, however, and |
returned TO the attack The dampneSs
of a loving maiden's tears gradually |
checked the blaze Of his quite uncon- !
scioasly selfish fires. 1t finally got them |
under control and put them out. The old |
gentleman at last consented, upon condi- |
tions. but the conditions were almost as
bad as no consent al all
Its no Use a talkin', Sym" said he. !
you've len 10 Pennington an know
probly a great deal more'n any girl
oughter They alters learn a great deal
more N they oughter at boardin' school |
But yer don't know anything like rs much !
as Ser la'her; an He mol ~ !e NV 'sr ps
~" !ea,s o.u '.n se u, iiSn' .s aoU'I. ,,
'hls' "oh heei nv" NUN 'ne i,iiei
says nc i"'e "'"' " N"9" NJ" |
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wa! anu s'ui IN '''e "oI'u Mt'i
40" Slt up az S' ~ :. i'',i = i'o''.Ih M. III
ihe worm "V' i' ,''"'
ure us re- 'n - S'
"hat 'iiiiN VI m. Aii7H'! ~
oh, Papa' NJ" P'"'','"
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a"surN no'n -. a
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herrr. "n'S' 'o'..e
:" aaiin' II, ""en n oh ~"
near 10 zen !eaS ss" en ~
hsnn;n.Ss I'm thinkin' of NOT mine
Girls don't know nothin'. They know
little enough after they're married, but !
before that they might as We'll be babes |
in iace caps "
..Rur ,ana. what is il Won want Doo-
mean Mr.. Nellum--t" do,'
Il want MN 10 wear SIN "huerclo'hes
when he comes up mere an SIN EhAeu
sun. guess lheN Noh nun HILL
Wear 'cm myself ana they never hurt me
But how can write MN such u 'hlhS'
ioh IL ia'e !" nSSe, ''','' o''' t'' 'oui
SELF You We h~eh l" s'I"o' enough '''e"is
10 me
oh' dear sisheu "shih'e'r!, a size
bent I" iier task. Ana WIN many pt'rh-
ing biisheS ana io' rev s"''s si'e use" up
"I"ie t""' VI h''' P"fei si0
hnaiiy afhitNe" 'iIe S"n's " tia' iioii,"i,i
initial communication "Hi'" iouliu us
way 10 MI. 'ehuih '-ahua. .,
Mr.. \eilnn' however, was ~quaiii,Tu ,1